Usually means: Large brass instrument, deep sound.
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We found 42 dictionaries that define the word tuba:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. tuba: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tuba: Merriam-Webster
  3. tuba: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tuba: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tuba: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tuba: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tuba, tuba: Wordnik
  8. Tuba, Tuba: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. Tuba, tuba: Wiktionary
  10. tuba: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tuba: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tuba: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tuba: Dictionary.com
  14. tuba: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. tuba: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Tuba (chief), Tuba (disambiguation), Tuba (given name), Tuba (wine), Tuba: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Tuba: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. tuba: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. tuba: Rhymezone
  20. Tuba (f), tuba, tuba, tuba, tuba (de), tuba (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. tuba: FreeDictionary.org
  22. tuba: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. tuba: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. tuba: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Art (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. TUBA: Band Terms
  2. tuba: Global Glossary
  3. Essentials of Music (No longer online)
  4. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Tuba: Encyclopedia of Organ Stops
  6. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TUBA: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. tuba: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. tuba: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TUBA: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tuba: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

(Note: See tubaist as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
noun:  A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.
noun:  A large reed stop in organs.
noun:  (anatomy) A tube or tubular organ.
noun:  A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.
noun:  A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.
noun:  A municipality of Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines
noun:  (music) Abbreviation of bass tuba.

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